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The great comet! : a fearful tragedy

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The great comet! : a fearful tragedy

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Walker, Henry. cmp lyr; Jones, T. H. egr; Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI

Publication date
Topics
Songs with piano, Popular music, Humorous songs, Comets, Balloons, Natural disasters, Balloons (Aircraft), Men, Moon, Sun, Buildings, Faces, Sausages, Beer, Umbrellas, Staffs (Sticks), sheet music
Publisher
London (11 Paternoster Row) : B. Williams
Collection
smithsonian
Contributor
Smithsonian Libraries
Language
English
Item Size
6.7M
For voice and piano

Illustrated t.p. depicts man hanging from the side of a hot air balloon in flight labeled "Forlorn Hope." The gondola is spilling pickles, pork, stout, ham, sausages, an umbrella, and a cane. The moon, sun, and a building (with faces) look on as a comet (with face, possibly Halley's comet of 1835) sends a beam of light toward the man. "T.H. Jones."

NASMRB copy mq1688462 trimmed to 34 cm. and lacking p. 5
Addeddate
2017-03-25 17:12:24
Call number
mq1688462
Call-number
mq1688462
Foldoutcount
0
Genre
Sheet music covers-1830-1840.
Identifier
greatcomet00walk
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t23c1946v
Identifier-bib
mq1688462
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 11.0
Pages
6
Possible copyright status
Public domain. The Library considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection
Ppi
300
Full catalog record
MARCXML

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